Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction / Slayers Fan Fiction ❯ Sibling Rivalry ❯ Chapter 6

Lalala....I really should work on this fic more. I know I've kinda put it off, but you must remember that I am a busy girl with a life outside of the computer. Ok, my life is boring, but it does involve schoolwork and my paying job, which can be considered good reasons to live outside of the computer.

So...yeah...How are you?

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Chapter 6

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Hotohori sighed as he slipped into the hot bath (imagery for obsessed fangirls right here!! Take time out to drool...) This is what he needed in this moment in time. Something hot to relax him. After the day he was having, he needed it.

Finding that woman desecrating the shrine to Suzaku had just topped off his stressful day. He had told all the senators that he would be taking the rest of the day off. Screw the country. He needed a personal day.

He was thankful Nuriko had appeared with Princess Amelia. If those two didn't come, he would have done something he would have regretted. Pissed off Lina Inverse. From what Amelia said, that would be a very bad thing.

Hotohori leaned back and let his head rest on the cool tiles. The confrontation involving Miss Inverse had happened not ten minutes earlier. The scene played over in his mind.

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"Put Suzaku back!" Hotohori yelled and made the small woman jump in surprise. In fact, he was surprised at how loud he was. "If you don't put that gold statue back right now..." He growled threw clenched teeth. "I swear I will execute you--"

"Hotohori-sama!" Nuriko gasped as he and Amelia arrived on the scene. "What's going on?!"

"That woman is defaced our holy shrine." Hotohori tried to calm himself down.

"Miss Lina!" Amelia snapped and marched up the stairs to the shrine. "What in the world are you doing?!" The sweet princess glared daggers at the stunned looking redhead.

"I was...um...I was" The statue bandit laughed nervously. "H...how are you Amelia?"

"How am I?!" Amelia growled. "You are jeopardizing the peace treaties AGAIN!"

The redhead backed up a few steps. "I...um..."

"Your what?" Amelia put her hands on her hips. "Sorry? You should be."

"Oh come on, Amelia!" Lina laughed. "I wasn't going to do anything..."

Nuriko, the emperor and the princess glowered at the sorceress. "If I put it back, can I get off?" The redhead smiled. "I really wasn't going to do anything..."

Amelia sighed. "Miss Lina. You can be a real pain in my as--"

"Amelia!" Lina snapped. "You're a princess! Don't say such words!"

"Miss Lina..."

"I'll...um...put the bird back and...um...stay out of trouble..." Lina sighed in defeat. Sure she was more powerful than anyone here, but getting in trouble with an entire country for stealing a statue of an oversized chicken wasn't worth it.

Hotohori turned to Nuriko. "Make sure she doesn't try to take it again..." He rubbed his temples. "I'm going to take a long, long bath..." He turned and walked away from the group all the while praying that nothing else would happen for the rest of the day.

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"What to do, what to do what to do..." Hotohori groaned and let himself slip deeper into the hot water.

"What to do about what, no da?"

Hotohori jumped and whipped around to see Chichiri and Tasuki in his personal bath. "What are you doing here?!"

"Hiding." Tasuki sat on the floor. "I don't think she'll come in here."

"She?"

"His sister, no da." Chichiri shuttered in remembrance of Tasuki's blood relation. "She's really scary. Have you seen her yet?"

"Lina Inverse?" Hotohori sighed as his two fellow senchi nodded. "Than yes, I have met her." He growled.

"What did she do ta ya?" Tasuki crept closer to the bath. "Did she take something or destroy something?"

"She tried to steal the statue of Suzaku."

"Figures..." Tasuki groaned and fell onto his back. "Highness? Is it alright if I jus hide out in here till she's gone?"

"If I can't hide, you can't hide."

"Damn." Chichiri and Tasuki cursed in unison.

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"Stealing! Miss Lina I thought you were above that!" Amelia scolded. "Really. How could you do that? It was obviously a holy shrine. Didn't you see that?"

"Yes Mother, I saw it." Lina groaned. She knew she screwed up. She didn't need Amelia to rub it in. "I'm sorry. Can I go now?"

"No!" Amelia snapped. "You're staying in this room until we leave."

"You do realize this is the kitchen, don't you?" Lina drummed her fingers on the table.

"Yes I do." Amelia snapped.

"What did Miss Lina do?" Fillia sighed as she entered the kitchen. A man with dark teal hair followed her.

"Miss Lina tried to steal a holy statue." Amelia rubbed her forehead. It appeared she was getting a headache.

"You tried to steal the holy statue of Suzaku!" The man with teal hair yelled in shock.

"What?" Lina shrugged. "The business woman in me took over when I saw that golden statue. Do you have any idea how much money you could make off of that bird!"

Tamahome scratched his chin. "I never thought of that before...but you're right....That statue is worth a fortune!"

"See what I mean!" Lina put her arm around the guy. "If we melt that baby down..."

"We could sell it for more that it's worth now!"

Everyone groaned as the two talked about all the 'get-rich-quick' schemes they had used in the past that had worked for them.

"No no..." Lina sighed. "Haggling the price is not enough. You must use physical threats every once in a while."

Fillia sighed. It seemed her Xellos-tracking buddy would not be helping her anymore. "Miss Amelia, do you know where that namagomi went?"

"No, I haven't seen him."

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"My my..." Xellos picked up a paper from the emperor's desk. "It seems a nasty war is going on..." Xellos smiled to himself as he read over the description of the other country.

This Kuto seemed to fit his tastes more than Konan did. They seemed to be in a civil war as well as a war with Konan. And the shogun of Kuto might be a good person to annoy. He might get a good meal out of that group.

Yes...the metaphorical hamster on the metaphorical wheel started to run in Xellos' mind. This might be a good trip after all...

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Yay! another chapter done! *Melyn passes out on the keyboard.* Goodnight, loyal readers...zzzzz

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